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Data Breach Notifications
Entity Information
- Type of Organization: Education
- Entity Name: Columbus City Schools
- Street Address: 270 E. State St.
- City: Columbus
- State, or Country if outside the US: OH
- Zip Code: 43215
Submitted By
- Name: Abby Swanson Garney
- Title: Attorney
- Firm name (if different than entity): Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
- Telephone Number: 971-334-7025
- Email Address: Abby.SwansonGarney@lewisbrisbois.com
- Relationship to entity whose information was compromised: Outside Counsel
Breach Information
- Total number of persons affected (including residents): 3178
- Total number of Maine residents affected: 1
- If the number of Maine residents exceeds 1,000, have the consumer reporting agencies been notified:
- Date(s) Breach Occured: 02/02/2020
- Date Breach Discovered: 05/01/2020
- Description of the Breach:
- Other
- If other, please specify: Phishing attack
- Information Acquired - Name or other personal identifier in combination with: Social Security Number
Notification and Protection Services
- Type of Notification: Written
- Date(s) of consumer notification: 10/16/2020
- Copy of notice to affected Maine residents: \\prod-na\homedir$\abby.swansongarney\Documents\New Matters\Columbus Notification Docs\Columbus City Schools - Consumer Notification Letter Sample.pdf
- Date of any previous (within 12 months) breach notifications:
- Were identity theft protection services offered: Yes
- If yes, please provide the duration, the provider of the service and a brief description of the service: 12 months credit monitoring and identity protection services from IDX.